Jeremia 3
1 Man säger: När en man skiljer sina hustru ifrå sig, och hon far ifrå honom och tager en annan man, tör han ock taga henne till sig igen? Vorde icke då landet orenadt? Men du hafver bolat med många bolar, dock kom igen till mig, säger Herren.
“[Moses wrote that] if a man divorces his wife and then she marries another man, her first husband certainly must not [RHQ] take her back again [to be his wife], because that would certainly [RHQ] cause the whole nation to become unacceptable to me. But you have more [idols than] prostitutes have men whom they have slept with! So, [why should I accept you if] you return to me?” [RHQ] says Yahweh.
2 Lyft din ögon upp i höjdena, och se till, huru du allestäds horeri bedrifver; på vägomen sitter du, och vaktar uppå dem, likasom en röfvare i öknene, och orenar landet med ditt horeri och din ondsko.
“Look up at the barren hilltops. On every hilltop there are [RHQ] [idols that you have worshiped]. [It is as though] they are all lovers with whom you have had sex. [It is as though] you have sat along the roadsides like an Arab, waiting [to attack and steal things from] those who pass by. Because of worshiping idols and all the other wicked things that you have done, you have caused the [entire] land to become unacceptable to me.
3 Derföre måste ock arlaregn borto blifva, och intet serlaregn komma; du hafver ett skökoansigte; du vill icke mer skämmas;
That is why I have not sent you any rain at the times of the year when you needed it. But you are like prostitutes [MET] who are not at all ashamed [for what they have done].
4 Och ropar likväl till mig: Käre fader, du mins ungdoms mästare;
Now each of you says to me, ‘You are my father! You have loved me ever since I was young!
5 Vill du dock vred vara evinnerliga, och icke aflåta af dine grymhet? Si, du lärer och gör det ondt är, och låter intet styra dig.
So surely you will not [RHQ] be angry with me forever!’ But you will not quit sinning!”
6 Och Herren sade till mig, i Konung Josia tid: Hafver du ock sett hvad Israel, den affälliga, gjorde? Hon gick bort uppå all hög berg, och under all grön trä, och bedref der horeri.
[One day] when Josiah was the king of Judah, Yahweh said to me, “Have you seen what the people of Israel have done? They have turned away from me, like a woman who has abandoned her husband and sleeps with other men. They have gone up on every hilltop and under every big tree and worshiped idols there [MET].
7 Och jag sade, då hon detta alltsammans gjort hade: Vänd dig om till mig; men hon vände sig intet; och hennes syster Juda, den förhärda, såg det.
I thought that they would return to me, so I said to them, ‘Come back to me!’ But they refused. So I sent them away [to other countries, like a man] writes a note saying that he is divorcing his wife and then sends his wife away because she has committed adultery [MET].
8 Och jag såg, att ändock jag den affälliga Israels horeri straffade, och öfvergaf henne, och gaf henne ett skiljobref, likväl fruktar sig hennes syster, den förhärda Juda, intet; utan går bort, och bedrifver också horeri.
The people of Judah saw what I did to them. But they are just like the people of Israel. They are not afraid [of what I will do to them]. They also [have turned away from me and are worshiping idols like] women who abandon their husbands and go to other men [MET].
9 Och af hennes horeris rykte är landet orenadt; förty hon bedrifver horeri med stock och sten.
They thought that worshiping idols did not matter to me, so they have made the [entire] land unacceptable to me by worshiping idols of wood and stone.
10 Och i allt detta omvänder sig den förhärda Juda, hennes syster, intet till mig af allt hjerta; utan skrymtar, säger Herren.
The people of Judah have pretended to return to me, but they have not really done that. [This is true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
11 Och Herren sade till mig: Den affälliga Israel är from räknandes emot den förhärda Juda.
Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Israel have turned away from me, but what the people of Judah have done is worse.
12 Gack bort, och predika norrut alltså, och säg: Vänd om du affälliga Israel, säger Herren, så vill jag intet vända mitt ansigte ifrån eder; ty jag är barmhertig, säger Herren, och vill icke vredgas evinnerliga.
So go and tell this to the people of Israel: ‘Yahweh says this to you Israeli people who have turned away from him: I am merciful. I will not continue to be angry with you forever. So return to me.
13 Allenast känn dina missgerningar, att du emot Herran din Gud syndat hafver, och hit och dit lupit till främmande gudar, under all grön trä, och hafver icke lydt mine röst, säger Herren.
But you must admit/say that you are guilty, and that you have rebelled against me, Yahweh, your God, that you have worshiped idols under big trees everywhere, and you have not obeyed me. You have turned away from me.
14 Omvänder eder, I affälliga barn, säger Herren; ty jag vill trolofva eder mig, och vill hemta eder, så att en skall föra en hel stad, och två ett helt land, och jag skall låta eder komma till Zion;
But you belong to me. So I will take you, one from [each] city and two from [each] clan, and bring you [back] to Jerusalem [from the countries to which you were exiled].
15 Och skall gifva eder herdar, efter mitt hjerta, de eder föda skola med lärdom och vishet.
[If you do that], I will appoint for you leaders with whom I am pleased, leaders who will guide you [well] because they will know and understand [what pleases me].
16 Och det skall ske, när I växen till, och ären månge vordne i landena, så skall man, säger Herren, på den tiden intet mer tala om Herrans förbunds ark, och intet mer komma honom ihåg, eller deraf predika, eller besöka honom, eller något mer offra der;
And when you become very numerous [DOU] in your land, you will not need to talk about the Sacred Chest that contained the Ten Commandments. You will not think about it, and you will not want to make a new one.
17 Utan på den tiden skall man kalla Jerusalem Herrans säte, och alle Hedningar skola församla sig dit, för Herrans Namns skull i Jerusalem; och skola icke mer vandra efter sins onda hjertas tankar.
At that time people will say, “Jerusalem is [the place where] Yahweh’s throne is.” [People from] all nations will come there to worship me. And they will no longer stubbornly do the evil things that they desire.
18 På den tiden skall Juda hus gå till Israels hus, och skola tillsammans komma nordanefter, in uti det land som jag edra fäder till arfs gifvit hafver.
At that time you people [MTY] of Israel and the people of Judah will return from [being (exiled/forced to live) in] lands to the northeast. You will return to the land that I gave to your ancestors to belong to them [forever].
19 Och jag säger dig till: O! huru mång barn vill jag gifva dig, och det goda landet, det sköna arfvet, nämliga Hedningarnas kärna. Och jag säger dig till: Du skall på den tiden kalla mig käre Fader, och intet vika ifrå mig.
You people of Israel, I wanted to accept you to be my children. I wanted to give you [this] delightful land. It is a land more desirable/pleasant than the land of any other nation! I wanted you to call me ‘father’, and I wanted you to never turn away from me.
20 Men Israels hus aktar mig intet, likasom en qvinna nu icke mer aktar sin bola, säger Herren.
But you have abandoned me like wives who have abandoned their husbands.’” [That is what] Yahweh said, and [I told it] to the people of Israel.
21 Derföre skall man få höra en klagelig gråt och jämmer af Israels barn på högarna; derföre, att de illa gjort, och Herran sin Gud förgätit hafva.
People will hear a noise on the barren hilltops. It will be the noise made by people weeping and pleading [for God to be merciful to them]. They will be admitting/saying that they have forgotten Yahweh their God, and that they turned away from behaving as God wanted them to.
22 Så vänder nu om, I affällige barn, så vill jag hela eder af edro olydno. Si, vi komme till dig; ty du äst Herren vår Gud.
Yahweh will say to them, “You Israeli people, come back to me! [If you do that], I will cause you to never turn away from me again.” [The people will reply], “We are returning to you, because you are Yahweh, our God.
23 Sannerliga, det är icke utan bedrägeri med de högar, och med all berg; sannerliga, Israel hafver ingen hjelp, utan allena af Herranom vårom Gud.
We did not get any help from [the idols that we worshiped on] the hilltops; we did not get any help from making all that noise up there.
24 Och våra fäders stiktningar, de vi af ungdom hållit hafva, måste afgå med skam; samt med deras får, fä, söner och döttrar.
From the time when we were young, the shameful [god Baal] has taken away [from us] everything that our ancestors worked hard to acquire. He has taken away their flocks [of sheep] and herds [of cattle], their sons and their daughters.
25 Ty der vi förläte oss uppå, det är oss nu alltsammans till skam; och der vi tröste uppå, der måste vi nu skämmas vid; ty vi syndadom dermed emot Herran vår Gud, både vi och våre fäder, allt ifrå vår ungdom och intill denna dag, och lyddom icke Herrans vår Guds röst.
So, now we should lie down feeling very ashamed [DOU], because we and our ancestors have sinned against Yahweh our God, and we have never obeyed him.”
